http://www.clearevo.com:80/blog/ Software suggestions, tips and HOWTOs... http://www.clearevo.com:80/blog/2008/07/05/1215248520000.html <p> I was very happy when I came to know about FileZilla - finally a simple, stable and free Ftp client. I hope this suggestion benefit others too... <br/> <br/> <a href="http://filezilla-project.org/download.php">The FileZilla FTP Client</a>. <br/> <br/> If you're using Windows, just download and run the installer from the page above. <br/> <br/> As for Ubuntu Linux, the easier way to install is to simply find, check the box and click apply - from the Add/Remove software manager. </p> http://www.clearevo.com:80/blog/2008/06/23/1214212020000.html <p> Looking for a handy, smart and free text-editor? Need to edit text, html and all kinds of source-code? <br /> <br /> Get <a href="http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net">Notepad++</a>. <br /> <br /> Here's a small HOWTO: <br /> - Go to the <a href="http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net">Notepad++</a> site. <br /> - Click on <b>"Download Notepad++ executable files"</b> under "Binary files" section. <br /> - Locate, download and install the "npp.5.0.beta.Installer.exe" (it was 5.0 at the time of writing this blog entry). <br /> </p> http://www.clearevo.com:80/blog/2008/06/21/1214025840000.html <p> I came to realize that many people I met needed a free and easy way to edit simple html files for their websites. Nvu has always been my suggestion - I use it regularly myself on both Windows and Ubuntu linux. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.nvudev.com"> <img src="http://www.nvudev.com/made-with-Nvu-t.png" alt="Made with Nvu" border="0"> </a> <br /> (My <a href="http://www.clearevo.com">ClearEvo.com</a> site is maintained using Nvu, but this blog is powered by <a href = "http://pebble.sourceforge.net/">Pebble</a>!) <br /> <br /> Give it a try: <a href="http://www.nvu.com">Nvu official site</a> <br /> <br /> </p> http://www.clearevo.com:80/blog/2008/06/18/1213790040000.html <p> A new hairstyle would probably make you feel a lot different. What about trying a new browser? Try this: <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.opera.com/"><img src="http://files.myopera.com/EspenAO/albums/548363/kestrel_300x250.jpg" width="300" height="250" alt="Opera 9.5 - beautifully engineered" /></a> <br /> <br /> Yes, for me it's faster. Feels much more response. Looks new and very intuitive. <br /> <br /> I really love the speed-dial feature too - just add your favorite sites you go often there and just speed-dial it - like on a phone! (Maybe because Opera is from Norway, near Nokia in Finland and Ericsson in Sweden?) <br /> <br /> Speaking about mobile phone's - don't forget to try their famous <b><a href="http://www.operamini.com/">Opera Mini</a></b> too! <br /> <br /> Have a nice & fresh new day! </p> http://www.clearevo.com:80/blog/2008/05/06/1210074840000.html <p> I've been trying lots of (free) email clients lately both in Ubuntu Linux and Windows... As for now, my favorite is: <br /> <br /> <a href = "http://www.zimbra.com/products/desktop.html"> <img src="http://www.clearevo.com/blog/images/zdesktopubuntu.jpg"/> </a> <br /> (This picture is its icon on my Ubuntu desktop) <br /> <br /> <a href = "http://www.zimbra.com/products/desktop.html"><b>Zimbra Desktop</b></a> - you get all your emails in one place, very smart highlighting (For example, when you hover your mouse on some "today" in a message - Zimbra shows what day was that... etc.). It seems to work well and stable with lots of mail in the inboxes. Best of all, it's really smart and <b>SUPER EASY to setup new email accounts</b> (I used gmail-based company acoounts). I never found any email client that is this easy to setup accounts, you always had to enter repetitive things, ports, etc. <br /> <br /> Yes, I love the simplicity that comes from "convention over configuration". (If you're a programmer then maybe you heard that phrase recently? <a href = "http://www.rubyonrails.org/">No?</a>) <br /> <br /> For <b>Windows</b> it's super easy to install Zimbra: just download and run the installer. <br /> <br /> For <b>Ubuntu Linux</b>, a little harder to install (but that's normal in Linux). Here's a small <b>HOWTO install Zimbra Desktop on Ubuntu</b>: <br /> <br /> 1. Download Zimbra desktop for linux (browse from <a href="http://www.zimbra.com/products/desktop.html"> Zimbra Desktop official page</a>) to your home folder. <br /> <br /> ( in your terminal, where you downloaded the installer for linux...) <br /> 2. <b>chmod +x zdesktop*</b> <br /> <br /> 3. <b>sh zdesk*</b> <br /> <br /> A problem I found was that, on the next boot of your computer, the Zimbra "service" (engine) didn't auto-start - if you double-click the Zimbra Desktop icon the it would show "The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost:7633" and a blank white window. The solution is to open your terminal and execute: <br /> <br /> <b>/home/<i>"your user"</i>/zimbra/zdesktop/zdesktop start</b> <br /> (Thanks to <a href="http://blog.sparkyjones.com/">blog.sparkyjones.com</a> for that tip) <br /> <br /> To make this happen on startup in Ubuntu, go to "System">"Preferences">"Sessions", choose the "Startup programs" tab, click "Add" then choose any "name" and enter your account's variation of the above command. <br /> <br /> I used to like/use the embedded email client that <a href="http://www.opera.com"><b>Opera Internet browser</b></a> provided, but I had problems about its strage behaviors with IMAP (with my gmail account - I recall that it showed sent messages in inbox, etc...), and in POP3 mode - I also observed a few cases when some new big sized emails get lost when there are lots of messages in its Inbox... Not using it anymore now. <br /> <br /> As for my Ubuntu Linux boot, I always liked/preferred its default email client - Evolution (and still like/use it now...). However, sometimes (OK, many times) it seems to hang/freeze for a few seconds, makes you feel in danger of a system hang - but no - just the Evolution froze a few secs. Other instabilities I found included a case where the program froze with the CPU in full usage and got hot, and a sometimes it just hanged - needed to kill the process. But those things are rare, not a real problem. Evolution would still be the number-one and most complete linux-based email client in my mind. <br /> <br /> I also tried Thunderbird but it had difficulties in using multiple outgoing email accounts, it doesn't seem to be designed for using many email accounts in one place... <br /> <br /> One thing I think is missing in Zimbra though, is the "new email alert/notification" feature. From what I've searched the net for this issue in Zimbra, I found out that are no new "email alerts" yet... maybe in the future releases. However, to be positive, I feel that I'm more relaxed and disciplined by the lack of this feature - no alerts to disturb your concentration from your real work/thinking - just check your email when you've finished work or having a break. <br /> <br /> I didn't find any problems or instabilities of Zimbra in Windows, but in Linux I found two cases where it's "add new account" page kept on showing "processing" too long - hanged - and another time it hanged when browsing the "sent" folder - but they are not big problems. I just closed re-started it from its desktop icon and then it ran fine for the rest. <br /> </p>